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F. F. DANIELS.

SNOW REMOVER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNK-L10, 1920.

1 898,45%, Patented Nov. 29, 11.921,

pames UNITED STATES PATENT orrlce.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

' Application filed June 10,1920. Serial No. 387,840.

- To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, FnLIx FRED DANIELS, a citizenof the United States residin at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson, tate of New Jerse have invented certain new and useful mprovements in, Snow-Removers'f'and'I' do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to excavating, and more especiall to snow road machines; and the object of t e same is to produce a motor driven machine for scooping the snow from a street or road, melting 1t, and washing the surface with the water thus produced.

A feature of the invention lies in keeping the parts constantlywar n so that the snow will not stick to them and choke or clog the machine.

A. striking feature of the invention is its simplicity, the whole being built on the frame of a motor truck capable of being driven by one man.

Details are set forth below and shown in the drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of this machine partly broken away and in section,

Fig. 2 is a plan view.

Fig. 3 is a detail of part of the conveyer.

The motor truck herein comprises wheels W carrying a frame F and a cab C for the driver. All these parts ma be of the usual construction, excepting that the wheels should have rather wide treads and the cab is by preference set well toward ,the left of the frame ,F as seen in Fig. 2.

Brackets 1 project from. the frame F forward, and pivoted between them at 2 is a scoop 3 having a wide mouth and converging side walls. An ear 4 rises from its rear end, and a' chain 5 leads from this car to a point within reach of the driver,

being here shown as wound on a drum or pulley 6 which when turned by him Wlll cause the rise or fall of the front scraping edge 7 at the mouth of the scoop 3. Obv1- ousl this-edge should travel upon or very near y in contact with the surface of the road or street, so as to gather the snow and-ice therefrom; and if the parts be built of proper size and strength, this machine can scoop the snow off of half the width of a street when moving in one direction, and clean the other half on its return trip.

ing of a carrier leading from the rear end of the scoop obliquelly upward, and preferably disposed somew at to the right of the ame F so as to pass the cab C and permit the operator in the latter to have an unobstructed view forward. Mounted within said box are chains 11 carrying buckets or blades- 12 by which the snow is moved upward, this'carrier being driven through a belt ldconnecting a pulley 14 on its upper shaft wlth a pulley 15 on some shaft of the motor, as the counter shaft 16, which, as seen 1n Fig/'2, is belted to therear Wheels. The rear-end of the box 10 connects with a chute 20 which inclines downward and rearward and delivers into the mouth of the hopper 21, the walls of the' latter converglng to its extreme lower endand being main, or possibly to wash the surface of the street itself. 'If the .water is delivered ust in front of the rear or drive wheels, the cleansin of the surface will prevent them from s ipping. 1f the machine is used on a road or on a street'having a soft surface, it may be wise to divert one or bothof the outlets 23,-or to replace them by nozzels So that the water Wlll be delivered at the sides of the road or in the' gutters along the sides of the street. This entire structure is supported on the frame F in rear of the cab C, and back of the hopper the frame may carry a fire-proof partition or wall 24, as of asbestos. In rear of this, in. turn, the frame carries a large gasolene" tank 25 having a filling opening 26; and a roof 27 overlies the tank and the hopper, and

may extend partway over the conveyer.

highly lmportant feature of this invention lies in the fact that, from the moment the snow and ice is gathered, it is subjected to heat having in increasing afl'ect thereon by reason of the nature of its application. As herein shown, a gasolene pipe 30 leads from the tank 25 forward and is connected with one or more burners in the shape of pipes 33 underlying the scoop 3 so that the bottom of the same and the rear portions of its side walls are heated. From said pipe a. branch 34 leads to other burners 35 disposed below the box 10 constituting the body of the carrier or conveyer, so that the latter is heated. From said pipe 30 also a branch 36 rises to a lar e burner 37 which surrounds the wall of t e hopper 21 forward of the abestos wall 24, and-the hop er is thereb heated considerably. The e ect will be tli at the warmth given to the scoop will prevent the snow and ice from choking or clogging the same, the warmth imparted to the conveyer will have the same result upon it, and the heat imparted to the wall of the hopper will rapidly melt the snow and ice therein so that it'runs out the pipe or pipes 22 in the form or water. Provione side of the framework; of brackets at the front end of the truck, a scoop hinged thereon, means for pivotally adjusting the scoop from thecab, acarrier leading from the rear end of the scoop upward alongside the cab, an upright hopper carried by the frame inrear of the cab, a chute leading from the upper end of the carrier into the hopper, and means for imparting heat to said hopper to melt the snow therein and for delivering themelted snow onto the road."

2. In a snow remover, the combination with a motor truck having a gasolene tank at its rear, and a drivers cab disposed at one side of the framework; of brackets at thezfront'end of the truck, a scoop hinged thereon, means for pivotally adjusting the scoop from the cab, a carrier leading from the rear end of the scoop upward alongside the cab, an upright hopper carried by the frame in rear of thecab, a chute leading from the upper end of the carrier into the hopper, a burner surrounding the hopper, heaters underlying the scoop and carrier, and a asolene pipe leading from the tank and ranched to the burner and heaters; I

In testimony whereof, I affix-my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

- FELIX FRED DANIELS. Witnesses:

HYMAN HORDES, F. F. DANIELS. 

